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Patterson statement on Ingham County Circuit Court ruling on Public Act 280 of 2011
Written by Sarah Hovis
Saturday, 18 February 2012 19:55
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Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson has issued the following statement on the Ingham County Circuit Court ruling against Public Act 280 of 2011 which reduces the number of Oakland County commissioners to 21 and allows the elected commissioners to draw the new county commission districts.

“Today’s ruling by the liberal Ingham County Circuit Court is a Phyrric victory for the Democrats.  Ingham County Circuit Court has a long record of ruling in favor of Democrats, only to be overturned by higher courts. This matter will be settled in the Michigan Supreme Court.

“In addition, if this ruling stands on appeal, it could create a fiscal disaster for the City of Detroit. The financially struggling city is the beneficiary of numerous funding statutes that use population as a trigger. Many of these statutes had to be changed after the city’s population dropped below 750,000. The statute changes which were unique to Detroit passed with less than a two-thirds vote of the Michigan Legislature. How can the law be one thing for Democratic areas and something else for the rest of the state?”

 
Patterson Seeks Public’s Help to Select “Elite 40 under 40″ Winner
Written by Sarah Hovis
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 14:58
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Oakland County Executive, L. Brooks Patterson is asking for the public’s help is determining the winner of his “Elite 40 under 40″ contest via online vote.

The top vote recipient will introduce Patterson at his 2012 State of the County address on Wednesday, February 8, at the Centerpoint Marriott in Pontiac.

The three finalists are:

Kerrie Binno, 39, of Birmingham, who serves as a senior medical imaging specliaist at Lantheus Medical Imaging.

Hajj Flemings, 39, of Birmingham, the CEO and founder of Brand Camp University.

Lena Epstein Koretzky, 30, of Bloomfield Hills, and

is the co-owner and general manager of Vesco Oil Corp.

To read their bios and vote for one of the finalists, go to LBrooksPatterson.com. Voting will begin at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 and end at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

The winner will also receive a year-long pass to all of Patterson’s amazing 2012 networking opportunities.

 
Patterson Kicks Off 8th Annual Count Your Steps Program at Palace
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Wednesday, 02 March 2011 20:46
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Auburn Hills, MI, March 1, 2011 – Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and 130 third and fourth graders from Shrine Catholic Grade School kicked off his 8th annual Count Your Steps event at The Palace of Auburn Hills today. Detroit Pistons mascot Hooper joined Patterson and the kids to participate in a wide variety of activities including jump roping, hula hooping, dancing with Automotion, and a walk around The Palace concourse.

“Count Your Steps continues to be a great success,” said Patterson, who founded Count Your Steps in 2004 to tackle the growing rates of childhood obesity. “It encourages kids and even their families to adopt active and healthy lifestyles.”

Nearly 18,000 students from more than 138 schools have registered to participate in the Count Your Steps program this year which will run from March 1st – 31st. They will use pedometers to log the number of steps they take in one month. Kids will also keep track of the fruits and vegetables they eat. The top three schools and their students will be recognized in a special ceremony later this spring.

Shrine’s third and fourth graders walked a total of 52,180,834 steps last year to take the first place slot. In total, students participating in last year’s Count Your Steps program walked more than 1.1 billion steps. Since the program’s inception, more than 156,000 third and fourth grade students have logged a total of 15 billion steps or more than 300 times around the Earth.

Program sponsors include PNC Bank; AT&T; The Brooksie Way Half Marathon and 5k Race; POH Medical Center; HealthPlus; Health Alliance Plan (HAP); Oakland County Parks and Recreation; The Detroit Zoo; St. Joseph Mercy Hospital – Oakland; Medical Network One; Oakland County Health Division; and Star EMS.